More Information - Land owner where I opened the object found and removed it.
I have found a work around for my problems ... Spamming and graphics.
I installed the phoenix viewer and everything works fine in Phoenix as well as SL viewer.
I usually log into firestorm by navigating to the application. (no shortcut on my desk top) If I navigate to and log in via the shortcut, the problem is not present.
I don't know if this gives insight into the cause of the problem but I'll log in via the shortcut until I know how to fix the problem.
I did conduct the character test